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Non-Conference Preview: Eastern Illinois is hitting reset

The good news is this won’t take very long. The bad news is the game shouldn’t be all that interesting, either.

Eastern Illinois isn’t what you could consider a... good... basketball program. The Ohio Valley Conference is often towards the bottom of the mid-majors, featuring programs like Murray State and Belmont. Those two programs have scared the dickens out of many a high major program both in the regular season and NCAA Tournament over the years. But as good as the top of the league has been over the years, its overall depth isn’t great. The bottom half of the league is routinely in the sub-300 rankings of KenPom.